Thursday, June 17, 2010

I thought I would answer your questions...lol. I am a senior companion and the reason I got transferred so soon is because president Scruggs needed me to be with Elder Radovanovic. President Scruggs leaves in 2 weeks. That lady doesn’t live in the Tamworth area anymore but I will keep trying to find out more info.

Love you guys,
ELDER BURNS

Dear family,

Everything here is still going extremely well. Me and elder Radovanovic are getting along really well, and I am loving Coffs Harbour.

This week was really good. We had 2 people at church on Sunday. I’m working on getting you guys some more pictures so I’ll keep trying with that. Thank you so much for your encouragement and support. It really helps. DID YOU KNOW!!! Jake Bean got his mission call to the Philippines. That is so awesome! Well that’s all for now. Love ya heaps.

This week has been awesome! Both of the baptisms went through and the confirmations. Ethan and Walter are so awesome. I can’t believe it. They are going to help the Armidale elders teach all of their friends. Just so that you know, I got transferred to Coffs Harbour. It is so awesome! I was sad to leave Armidale, but Coffs is great. I receive my answers to prayer through my thoughts and feelings so that’s good. The best way to improve your prayers is try saying a prayer with only telling god the things you are thankful for. It will really help you see all of the things that you do have. We have had a lot of people at church these last weeks we have had about 5.

I’ll let you know more about my companion later but right now I like him a lot. Coffs harbour is supposed to be the most beautiful area in the mission. It’s on the coast...so I’m back by the beach again. Thank you so much for your love and concern. Well I love you tons.

Dear family,
Everything here is going great I am still enjoying missionary work. Ethan and Walter are doing great they are still set to be baptized on this Saturday and they came to church. Bishnu and Ahmrid weren’t able to come to church yesterday but they will make it next week, they had to go into work. Thank you for praying for me and them. Everything here has gone really well. This past week, we found and have been teaching another Chinese girl. Her name is Aerial. She wants to be baptized!!!! I finished reading the Book of Mormon today. It is amazing how many times the people have to be brought back into a remembrance that God is really there. I am glad that Grambo will be able to get surgery on her knee and I will pray that everything goes well with her. I got the shoes that you sent me. They are so awesome thank you guys so much for everything. Love you guys heaps.

Thank you so much for the money. I will be using it to buy some gym shoes because my other ones wore out. I actually got some the other day they were only 15 dollars. I will also be buying a basketball and then the other money will pay for rentals of equipment. Thank you so much.
LOVE,
ELDER BURNS

Dear Dad,

This week has been so awesome. Ethan and WALTER... We found out his name wasn't really water it’s just the Chinese people, they don’t pronounce the l in their words. They are still doing awesome. They still want to be baptized and they both have a testimony of the Book of Mormon. We had 4 people at church this week and it was awesome. Both Ethan and Walter were there, and an Indian couple named Bishnu and Ahmrid. They are way cool. The Branch and area are doing really well. That is so awesome that Barbara came down to visit. I am sure you guys will have a great time

I started to read through the Book of Mormon again today. I read through 1st Nephi, and it was awesome. It’s amazing how many times Laman and Lemuel had to be reminded that the lord was real it’s crazy. Well I am doing very very well. I am loving the mission and the people here. I love you tons!

Could you pray for Ethan and Walter and also our branch president? His name is Todd and he has a lot of things going on in his life that I don’t really want to get into, but he needs help.

Dear mom,
It was so great to talk to you on mother’s day! I looked forward to it all week ...lol.

I am so excited for you to have finished your CNA Class. That is so awesome! I will keep you in my prayers for the test that you have to take. I am still loving my mission. I’m happy and healthy. I wrote a lot of information about people and exactly what is going on in dad’s letter. Well I love you tons! You're the best mom ever. I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE,
YOUR SON
ELDER BURNS

Dear Grambo,

Thank you so much for your love and concern. It is so awesome that you found your keys. I can’t believe it !!! Did you have fun going out to dinner for mother’s day?

That would have been cool. I am so excited that you are happy. Everything here is going awesome I’m still happy and healthy. I love you tons. I’ll talk to you later

Love,

YOUR GRANDSON

ELDER BURNS

Dear Crystal,

I am doing awesome I am still loving the mission I really miss home...lol well I love you. You are so awesome.

GO ASIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love,
ELDER BURNS

Dear dad and Jared,

That is so awesome that you heard Heavenly Father’ss voice telling you to listen to your parents. On my mission, I have to rely on the Holy Ghost and its promptings. That is so awesome!!! Everything is going awesome here in Armidale. We had a family at church on Sunday. It was a mom and 4 kids. It was so awesome! One of them is 9, and 2 are 8, and one is 7, and they all love coming to church. The branch went crazy when they saw them. We also had our 2 Chinese investigators come to church Ethan and Water...lol. We set a baptismal date with both of them for the 5th of June/ They are awesome and they both have testimonies of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. And then Moses was there as well. So it was a really, really great week at church for Armidale. The branch is going great. Yes the baptism went down that is so cool and Margaret is going great. So far as getting into the community, I probably need some more money in my account to pay for renting sports equipment and stuff. Probably 50 dollars if you could do that it would help a lot. That is to cover for this month and next for equipment rental. Well I love you guys tons and...I haven’t seen the puppy yet but yes, Jared is cuter.

Ya, the sports clubs are so that we can get to know the people up here and have people see that we get involved in the community.

This week has been awesome. I love my new area. Armidale is great. We have a baptism coming up; His name is Andrew... Email here is expensive. Its 1 dollar for every 10 minutes. How is everything with the family? I’m excited to hear from you guys. I will be calling you guys this week, probably Wednesday, to set up what time we want to do the mother’s day phone call. So just make sure that you guys are home on Tuesday there it will be night time there when I call so you should be there. Everything here is going great I am still happy and healthy.

I can’t believe that I got transferred-it’s so crazy. I want you to know that my companion is awesome and you don’t need to worry about me. One of the reasons that I got sent up here was because president Scruggs wanted me to head the work on the university in Armidale. I also find it awesome that grandpa came to this zone on his mission. Well I just want you to know how much I love you.

You are so awesome!

LOVE,

YOUR SON
ELDER BURNS

P.S. - It snows in Armidale-it will be just like home...LOL

Dear dad,

Right now I am actually in Tamworth emailing you. It is such a beautiful town. We are still on our way to Armidale. You know, Armidale is about 8 hours north of Richmond and it’s the furthest northern area in the mission. President Scruggs has great faith in me he wants me to start setting up proselyting work at the university. My new companions name is Elder Summers. He is about 6 foot 5 and weighs about 280 pounds. He played football for Snow College. He is awesome and he is really funny. The awesome thing about being in a branch is that I get to join sports clubs and stuff. It’s really awesome. I think that grandpa might want to know that Tamworth is a ward now with about 150 people that attend church each week. Armidale is still pretty tiny. They are going to be combining the missions both the north and the south if that’s the change that you are talking about but please let me know if there is anything you don’t think that I will know. Are grandma and grandpa Burns coming here? Did they get another mission call? Well I love you tons and I’ll let you know how I like it next week.

Hey I just wanted to let you know that I got transferred to Armidale in northern Australia. It is a really small town out in the middle of nowhere. There is a branch there, not a ward, with only seven people in it. I will email you more on Wednesday

Everything here is going really well. We will be baptizing Margaret on the 8th of May and I will be performing it. I’m so excited!!!

That is awesome that he got a baby hermit crab...lol. That is very sad to hear about Sarah, but I will always see her as my sister. Now I have to start telling people I’m the oldest of 4 instead of the oldest of 5 but that’s ok :). How is everything going with Jared and his anger? And how is Grambo? I always worry.

Well I’m still loving my mission and the work is going forward. Transfers are next week so we will see what happens. If me and elder Bryner split up, I will be training someone as well as being a district leader. So we will see... I love you tons and wish I could write more.

LOVE YOUR SON/BROTHER,
ELDER BURNS

Dear MOM,

Everything here is going really well me and Elder Bryner are still great friends we haven’t gotten in a fight yet...lol the only thing that is worrying me is the upcoming transfers that we have I don’t know if I’ll be staying and Margaret wanted me to baptize her. But wherever I go it’s the Lord’s will, so I will be happy.

Thank you so much for ordering the shoes. They lasted me a good 8 months, so that was awesome.

I really don’t need anything but I think it would be a good idea to ship the shoes separately. Guess what, we got a massage chair for free this week. It works awesome... We found it on the side of the road. I also got an email from josh stock, and was really excited to hear that my old boss Joe got baptized on Saturday and Josh got to perform the baptism. Joe started investigating the church when he found out that we both where going to be leaving on a mission. Isn't that awesome!!!! Well I love you tons